| whortle | <botany> The whortleberry, or bilberry. "[He] looked ahead of him from behind a tump of whortles. (R. D. Blackmore) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| whortleberry | <botany> In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry. The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See Huckleberry. Origin: AS. Wyrtil a small shrub (dim. Of wyrt wort) + E. Berry. See Wort, and cf. Huckleberry, Hurtleberry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |